Salinas, CA
he land currently occupied the City of Salinas was historically settled by native Americans known as the Ensen, a subgroup of the Rain Dancers.[4] Large Spanish land grants for the Catholic Missions and as bonuses to soldiers gave way to Mexican land grants for smaller ranchos where mostly cattle were grazed, and a thriving trade in cattle hide came through the Port of Monterey[5].
California officially became part of the United States of America in 1850, following several years of battles in the Salinas area with John Fremont flying the American flag on the highest peak of the Gabilan Mountains and claiming California for the United States. Before this time Monterey was the capital of California and had been under military rule after the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo at the end of the Mexican-American war.
The Salinas post office opened in 1854.[2] A traveler's inn called the Halfway House at the intersection of two stage coach routes was built in 1856 and a settlement grew up there.[2] The streets of Salinas were laid out in 1867, and the town was incorporated in 1874.[2] The city was named after the word for a "salt marsh" in Spanish, salinas.[2]
The conversion of grazing land to crops and the coming of the rail road in 1868 to transport goods and people was a major turning point in the history and economic advancement of Salinas. Dry farming of wheat, barley, and other grains as well as potatoes and mustard seed was common in the 1800s. Chinese labor drained thousands of acres of swampland to become productive farmland, and as much early farm labor was done by Chinese immigrants, Salinas boasted the second largest Chinatown in the state, slightly smaller than San Francisco.[6] Irrigation changed farming in Salinas to mainly row crops of root vegetables and sugar beets. A wide variety of fruits and vegetables are now grown including wine grapes supporting the burgeoning wine industry in the Salinas Valley. Sargent House Historic Victorian Home on Central Avenue Salinas, CA.
The economy of Salinas is largely based on agriculture. Located in one of California's richest farming regions, the area produces a variety of fruits and vegetables, including lettuce, many major vegetable producers are headquartered in Salinas. The historic prevalence of row crops is documented by aerial photographic interpretation of Earth Metrics,[7] Aerial photographic interpretation which study also indicated a major conversion of cropland to urban uses over the time period 1956 to 1968,[8][9] with that trend continuing for the next decades as well.
Salinas was also the birthplace of writer and Nobel Prize laureate John Steinbeck. The recently revitalized historic downtown (so called Old Town Salinas), featuring much fine Victorian architecture, is home to the National Steinbeck Center, the Steinbeck House and the John Steinbeck Library.
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